Sutter Tracy Cancer Services

You are not alone in your fight against cancer. From diagnosis through treatment
and survivorship, Sutter Tracy Community Hospital stands with you to provide the best care and
comfort possible. You and your family benefit from the most advanced technologies,
compassionate medical professionals and cancer-specific resources dedicated to your
healing.

Cancer Services within the Sutter Health network

Multidimensional Cancer Care

When you receive a cancer diagnosis, your world becomes filled with complex emotions,
questions, information and decisions. But you won’t be alone on the journey.
In the Sutter Health network, you'll find advanced cancer care at numerous hospitals
and doctors' offices. Certain Sutter locations offer the highly specialized Sutter
Cancer Centers that are certified by the American College of Surgeons as well
as the Community on Cancer (COC). Our teams can help you find the appropriate care
at the location most convenient to you.

Nationally recognized cancer specialists, highly trained oncology nurses and skilled
technicians in the Sutter Health network work together so you have access to leading-edge
treatments, progressive clinical trials and a 24/7 multidisciplinary support
team.

From day one of your diagnosis, our Nurse Navigator
Program can provide you with a single, compassionate and knowledgeable point
of contact who can guide you through everything from genetic
testing and counseling to financial concerns. And as your key medical partner,
your oncologist
coordinates and oversees your medical care from your first appointment through to
survivorship.

Leaders in Advanced Cancer Technology

Within the Sutter Health network, you have access to the forefront of technological
advances in cancer care. Our areas of innovation include:

Radiosurgery — Using equipment available only to a handful
of healthcare providers, doctors in the Sutter Health network can treat brain tumors
and cancers in other parts of the body with unsurpassed accuracy—all with fewer
side effects, greater comfort and improved outcomes.

Varian Radiosurgery TrueBeam™ STx System — Radiation
oncologists in the Sutter Health network recently began using this new technology—a
highly precise, faster and noninvasive way of excising tumors using shaped high-energy
X-ray beams.

Gamma Knife — Used specifically for tumors and other medicalproblems of the head, this type of radiosurgery delivers precise beams of
radiation to the area in need of treatment.

Endomicroscopy — A tiny microscope smaller than the tip
of a pen allows doctors to better identify pre-cancerous or malignant lesions during
endoscopic procedures, and, in some cases, immediately perform what can amount to
life-saving treatment—a major advance in early cancer detection.

da Vinci® Robotic-Assisted Surgical System — This technology
enhances your cancer surgeon’s skill by providing a magnified, three-dimensional
view of a surgery site, accessed through micro-incisions, allowing his or her hand
to make extremely precise movements—particularly valuable for prostate, gynecological
and kidney cancers.

Gynecologic Brachytherapy — This form of radiation therapy
treats cancer from the inside out by inserting a sealed radioactive source directly into a tumor or a short distance from the tumor via special cathetersor applicators. After treatment, the applicator is removed and you can go home.

Prostate Brachytherapy — Thanks to Sutter’s early
adoption of this technology, some men can receive definitive prostate cancer treatment
with a single outpatient procedure.

Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI) — For certain
types of breast cancer, this technology allows you to complete an entire radiation
course in about one week.

Awards for Exceptional Cancer Care

We’re proud to be at the forefront of cancer care and research. Here are
just a few recent achievements in the Sutter Health network sites.

The American College of Radiology designated four Sutter sites as Breast Imaging
Centers of Excellence.

The Blood & Marrow Transplant Program at Sutter Medical Center and Sutter
Cancer Center in Sacramento joined a select group of transplant programs nationwide
officially recognized for overall excellence from the Foundation for the Accreditation
of Cellular Therapy.

Palo Alto Medical Foundation recently became one of the first oncology practices
in the nation to be recognized by the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Certification
Program, an affiliate of the American
Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).

Eden Medical Center is the first healthcare facility in California designated
as a Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence—the highest distinction possible
from the American College of Radiology.

In 2015, the U.S. News & World Report gave the Neurology and Neurosurgery
Department at Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento the highest possible score for Advanced
Technologies and nurse‐to‐patient ratio.

Pushing the Clinical Research Envelope

We’re committed to participating in clinical
trials to help you—and thousands of others—in the fight against cancer.
Since the 1950s, our research centers have conducted hundreds of groundbreaking studies
leading to medical innovations in cancer and other other diseases. Recent findings
include a novel treatment for glioblastoma, the most common and severe form of brain
cancer, and the discovery that high levels of a particular gene found in melanomas,
a deadly form of skin cancer, indicate a particularly aggressive form of cancer that
needs targeted treatment.

Hundreds of Sutter patients are enrolled in cancer clinical trials each year through
the Sutter Cancer Research Consortium, which coordinates the cancer research of investigators
across sites within the network. This gives patients access to a diverse range of
treatment options and follow-up services, and facilitates their participation in National
Cancer Institute and industry-sponsored clinical trials. In addition, Sutter Health
is tracking long-term outcomes for thousands of patients from previous trials, after
they have completed active treatment.

Will radiation therapy make me radioactive? External beam radiation using a linear
accelerator to treat the whole or partial breast does not make anyone radioactive.

Cancer Research

Cancer is caused by cells that divide uncontrollably. They can grow into tumors that
spread in the body. There are many types of cancer and many different causes. Research
into the biology of cancer leads to effective treatments that improve and extend lives.